A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies UGT1A1 as a Regulator of Serum Cell-Free DNA in Young Adults: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

• Juulia Jylhävä ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juulia Jylhävä, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen

  * E-mail: juulia.jylhava@uta.fi

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

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• Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juulia Jylhävä, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

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• Mika Kähönen,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

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• Nina Hutri-Kähönen,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

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• Johannes Kettunen,

  Affiliation Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Jorma Viikari,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

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• Olli T. Raitakari,

  Affiliations Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

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• Terho Lehtimäki ,

  ¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

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• Mikko Hurme

  ¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Department of Microbiology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

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